TERRITORIES: Mauna Loa Erupts

Pele, goddess of volcanoes, was on a
house-hunting expedition when she hovered one day over the Hawaiian
archipelago. There, according to legend, she found her fancy, settled
in the fiery crater of Kilauea, near mighty Mauna Loa.

Pele was the most awesome deity of the people of King Kamehameha. When
her anger stirred, Kamehameha's subjects quaked. She scooped up
blood-red lava from the great holes of Mauna Loa, Kilauea, Hualalai,
and poured it steaming across the island of Hawaii. To her Hawaiians
sacrificed many a pig, many a steer, precious possessions. In caverns...